Religious Studies

Cornelius Voigt uses selected sources to trace diverse ways early Christian communities in the second and third centuries understood the Easter event. This study reveals fascinating new interpretations that emerged from evolving theological necessities, while also highlighting the formative role played by older (canonical) Easter narratives.

The contributors aim to enhance the understanding of the language of the Septuagint and biblical Greek in general. Taking into account the evolution of the research landscape in Septuagint studies, they show how specific linguistic features can be explained against the background of Greek literature and papyri of Egyptian origin.

The studies collected in this volume examine the reception history of the Book of Isaiah within early Christianity, the important role the book played in emerging Christianity, and the strategies and intentions that shaped its reception in early Christian literature.

Christian Kamleiter shows how Rudolf Otto's theory of religion is based on extensive reflections on the possibilities and limits of religious communication. He places a special focus on Otto's unpublished lecture on dogmatics and reconstructs how Otto's theory of religious communication is an actualization of concepts prefigured by Friedrich Schleiermacher.